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response_json_paths not equals
Is is currently possible to ensure that a field in the response is not equal to a value?
I know I can do
response_json_paths:
$.name: hello
to check for equality, but is there a way I can ensure the opposite ($.name is not equal, or different from, hello?)
Initially I thought you were after something like #227 but I see that you want the field to be present but have a a different value. I assume you don't know the new value, just that it is different from hello.
Probably the best way to do this is with a negative assertion in a regex:
response_json_paths:
$.name: /^(?!hello)/
That will need some tweaking if you're expecting the new data to be a substring that might include hello.
Other ideas that might be worth exploring, below:
Depending on the structure of your data you might be able to use len (see https://gabbi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/jsonpath.html ) to filter a list and checks its length.
Another option is to mark a test xfail, so that if it succeeds that's a failure:
tests:
- name: check for value
xfail: True
POST: /
verbose: all
request_headers:
content-type: application/json
data:
items:
- name: cow
sound: moo
response_json_paths:
$.items[?name = "horse"].sound: not here
That, however, requires a test running that treats unexpected success as a failure (not all do).
Let me know which of these work, or if none of them do. If you're happy please close the issue.
